Wednesday 18 December 2019

Science 8

Today we dissected the EYEBALL!!  Nice work everyone.  Your surgical precision was evident in the process.

Optics Quest tomorrow.....no eyeball parts on this.  Just waves, electromagnetism, light, mirror, lenses...Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 in your text book.  Make sure you complete the optics review found HERE.

Tuesday 17 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we wrote the PLANT KINGDOM test.   Next we started the Animal Unit by doing the reading guide to early invertebrates.  This is due on Thursday.  Finally we watched CRASH COURSE to biology to learn how we are all tubes within tubes.

Science 8

Today we took some notes on concave and convex mirrors and lenses.  Next we worked on the mirrors worksheet from yesterday.  Finally we watched a video helping us prepare for the EYEBALL DISSECTION TOMORROW!!

Monday 16 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we studied for our plant unit test.  Make sure you have completed the Angiosperm/Gymnosperm Reading Guide and Question sheet from last week.  We watched the amoeba sisters to help us understand double fertilization in angiosperms. 

Science 8

Today we set up the schedule for the week.....Finish off mirror and lenses, dissect an eyeball and write an optics quest.   Optics quest is on Chapter 4 and 5.  Use the textbook page 232-233 to help you study for this. 

We took some notes on how light acts when it hits mirrors and lenses.   Next we did a short activity drawing diagrams of light rays with mirrors and lenses.  Next we got a mirrors worksheet.  Bring this back tomorrow. 

Friday 13 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we took a short quiz on mosses and ferns.  Next we practiced gymnosperms and angiosperms and answered some questions about these guys HERE.   Text on Tuesday on all land plants (mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms).

Science 8

Today we had a quick quiz on waves.  You needed to draw waves and label wavelength, amplitude, resting position etc. 
We took some notes on the ray model of light.  Next we did a quick lab on measuring the angle of reflection when light bounces off a mirror. 

Thursday 12 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we looked at angiosperms and gymnosperms......Last of the plant unit.  We got the Plant Unit Review---Text is on Tuesday, Dec. 17th.    Next we did the Seed Plant Lab and Seed Plant Reading Guide, bring those back tomorrow.  Quiz tomorrow on mosses and ferns!!


Science 8

Today we took some more notes and talked about the electromagnetic spectrum.  Next we did a lab with prisms splitting white light into the spectrum of colours (rainbow).  Finally we watched Bill Nye: Optics


Tuesday 10 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we did the Fern lab yippee!   Moss and Fern quiz on Friday. 

Science 8

Today we worked on our electromagnetic spectrum foldable note sheet.   If you have been away from class see yesterday's blog for the alternate assignment.  Next we completed the first page of the waves worksheet found HERE.    The second page is bonus if you want.   

Monday 9 December 2019

Biology 11

We are done with mosses and you should have turned in your moss reading guide, moss lab and moss question sheet......Lots of folks have not turned these all in.  Now on to ferns.  Today you did an fern reading guide and completed all the questions on page 264.   Fern lab tomorrow!

Science 8

I was sick today, but class went on!   Thanks to our great TOC you started the Electromagnetic Spectrum Fold able notesheet.   If you are not in school and need an alternative, please do the attached worksheet HERE.   

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Science 8

Today in the double block we wrote the test on the Matter Unit.  Next we read page 130-138 and did the Reading Check on page 138.   We also watched Bill Nye (Waves) in block 3/4. 


Biology 11

Today we had a quick Fungi Quiz.  Finished fun Fungi!
Next we started with the non-vascular land plants: Mosses.  First we watched good 'ol Hank


Next we did a Moss Reading Guide found HERE.  Finally we got SNOWY and went outside to dig up moss so that we could so a moss lab.  This is due on Friday along with the moss reading guide.  




Tuesday 3 December 2019

Biology 11

Practice QUIZ on Fungi:
1)B      2)D     3)B     4)C      5)A     6)C     7)D      8)A       9)D      10)B        11)B      12)D     

13)B    14)A       15)B       16)C       17)C       28)C

Part II) Fungi should not be confused with plants as they don't contain chlorophyll and don't photosynthesize, they have cell walls made of chitin and not cellulose.  Fungi are HETEROTROPHIC not AUTOTROPHIC.     

Science 8

TEST ON MATTER (Chapter 7) in the double block.  Use the unit review given to you and vocabulary words to study!

Practice test for matter unit found HERE.  Answers are: 1) B     2) C    3) A     4) D   
5) D        6)A          7) C       8) D      9) B     10) D       11) C       12) C      18) C

Short answer:  1) Solids have a definite shape as the particles are so tightly packed, that they are unable to slide past each other.        2) Gas particles can easily slide past each other to take whatever shape the container is.

On graph-- solid water is at 0 degrees C.  Boiling water is close to 100 degrees C.  Energy goes into change of state.



Monday 2 December 2019

Biology 11

Today we watched a video on the 3 major Fungi Phyla that we need to know about.

We took notes on the Fungi Lifecycle.  Finally we got a Fungi Colouring Sheet due tomorrow.   Fungi Quiz coming up on Wednesday!!


Science 8

Today we completed the matter unit by looking at subatomic particles and taking notes on them with this power point.   Don't worry!  You are only responsible for knowing about protons, neutrons and electrons.  (and that quarks and leptons are out there too).  Next we continued to review for the matter test:  page 273 #10-14.   When you are done all this check out these fun atomic games:

https://games.legendsoflearning.com/games/WyJnYW1lcyIsMTk5Nl0=

https://games.legendsoflearning.com/games/WyJnYW1lcyIsMTM3Nl0=

https://games.legendsoflearning.com/games/WyJnYW1lcyIsODIxXQ==

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/adventures-in-chemistry/games/outer-space-molecule-chase/chase-game.html

http://planeta42.com/chemistry/